Trunk



(No Model.) .V P. l. SMITH.

TRUNK.

No. 605,143. Patented Jung 7, 1898.

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ATTORNEY UNITED, STATES GFFICE.

PAUL H. SMITH, OQCQLUMBUsI-ouio.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofy Letters Itent No. 605,143, .dated June 7,1898. Application filed December 16, 1897.-L Sve'rialrlle. 662,194. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; .5

Be it known that I, PAUL H. SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Columbus, in the county of 'Franklin' and State of 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I have found by experience that the tube for containing the tray-spindle in such a trunk as is illustrated in my application for patent filed April 2, 1897, Serial No. 630,400, when open at the back and slit in front is rather Weak and liable to be bent and distorted.

The object of my present invention is to pro-l vide a tube for the tray-spindle that shall be strong and durable and not liableto be bentl or broken, however greata strain to whichl it may be subjected, in the ordinaryuse of such trunks. l f

My invention consists in the improved construction of tray-spindle tube hereinafter de scribed and claimed. 1

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perf spective view of the end of a trunk containing my improved tray-spindle tube. Fig. 2 'is a central vertical sectional view of the tube alone, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view. f

Like characters of reference in the different views designate corresponding parts.

1 designates the tubular part of the device, in which the tray-spindle is placed and turns. 3 5 At the rear side ofthe tubular part and formed integral therewith isy apulley-'cliamber conf the tube extending the entire length of the sisting of-parallel-walls 2 and a connectingwall. The tubular part 1 and the pulleychamber communicate through an opening in 4o pulley-chamber; but the part of the tube extending beyond the upper end of the pulleychamber is made solid and preferably thicker than the main portion of the tube, as shown at 1?, because of the greater strain to which this part is subjected. The parallel walls of the pulley-chamber are made with bearings for the pulleys, over which the tray-elevating cordpasses, and the rear edge of the pulleychamber is provided with ears, kby means of 5o which the device is fastened to the end wall ofthe trunk. The lower edge of the tubular portion is made with an opening, through .Which the cord passes to the opposite end of the trunk.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l In Va trunk, a device for containing a traysupporting spindle, consisting of a tubular portion 1 having a notch or opening at its vlower edge and a pulley-chamber having walls 2, 2 .1 and connecting wall 3 communicating ttubular portion'l, substantially as shown and 65 y described.

-- .Inlwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of December, 1897.

-PAUL H. SMITH,

A Witnesses: :y

" G. W. ALFRED,

GEO. M.FINCKEL. 

